Acquisition Program Management Challenges in Afghanistan. Part 1: Requirements Generation

Abstract

Deployed program management of local acquisitions in Afghanistan presents challenges both similar and dissimilar to those experienced in the United States. One major challenge is requirements generation with Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) and those of the Coalition advisors. This article is the first of two parts that highlights challenges and provides lessons for deployed program managers to use when conducting acquisition programs beyond simple commercial-off-the-shelf commodity procurements with host-nation vendors in a combat environment. A separate article will discuss the challenges of procuring defense items from the Afghanistan vendor base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1016274

Entities

People

  • Darren W. Rhyne

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan
  • Commodities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.